Kitchen Sharkey, PLLC

01/05/2025

We are hiring!

Boutique family law firm in Ann Arbor hiring an associate attorney. Ideal position for a new attorney looking to gain practical skills and experience as well as mentorship in their practice. If you are interested send your resume and a writing sample to [email protected].

10/19/2024

Kitchen Sharkey firm dog Sidney Love Sharkey Miller took her job seriously at the Purple Run benefitting Safehouse Center. 💜

09/21/2024

On September 4, 2024, Elizabeth Kitchen-Troop was appointed by the Michigan Supreme Court to serve a 3-year term on the State Bar of Michigan Board of Commissioners. Liz is honored by the appointment and looking forward to serving the legal community in this role.

The Michigan Supreme Court has appointed Patrick J. Crowley, Claudnyse D. Holloman, and Elizabeth Kitchen-Troop to three-year terms on the SBM's Board of Commissioners.

05/04/2024

Kitchen Sharkey partners, Elizabeth and Kate, had much to celebrate at yesterday's Washtenaw County Bar Association Bench Bar Conference. Kate Sharkey was sworn in as the 2024/2025 WCBA President. Later in the program, Elizabeth Kitchen-Troop received the Professionalism and Civility Award from the Washtenaw County Bar Association.

02/10/2023

https://www.michbar.org/journal/Details/Ethical-considerations-Representing-accused-batterers-in-domestic-relations-proceedings?ArticleID=4567

Katherine Sharkey's article on the ethical implications of representing accused batterers is featured in this month's Michigan Bar Journal.

Family law is often stereotyped as rife with unethical, overly zealous practitioners; Jerry Springer-type proceedings; difficult clients; and case files that read like soap opera scripts. Those of us who live in the family law trenches acknowledge we are confronted with clients experiencing what is....

05/03/2022

Elizabeth Kitchen-Troop and Katherine Sharkey are both collaboratively trained and proud members of CPIM. Liz finds the collaborative training particularly helpful in her mediation practice.

Elizabeth Kitchen-Troop with Kitchen Sharkey, PLLC is passionate about family law and is trained as a Collaborative Divorce attorney. She believes divorce and custody issues are immensely stressful and yet the agreements or Orders impact the parties and their children for a lifetime. The collaborative model provides a framework to bring in neutral experts such as financial planners and mental health professionals to guide the attorneys and parties to a resolution that works for their family without litigation.

07/28/2021

Check out Kate's article on domestic violence in LGBTQ relationships in this month's Michigan Family Law Journal.

Michigan Family Law Journal—June/July 2021

04/22/2021

https://www.scarymommy.com/til-zoom-do-us-part/

A well-written reflection on ending a marriage over zoom.

“The meeting has been ended by the host.”

04/01/2021

To our trans friends, colleagues, relatives and clients: we see you, we support you, and we love you. Two of our favorite memes being shared:

02/28/2021

The Michigan State Court Administrative Office has published a 63 page document called "Michigan Parenting Time Guideline." The guidelines are designed to help parents develop a parenting time arrangement in the best interests of their children, and focuses on the particular developmental stages of kids. They are guidelines, however, and not laws: families still have the opportunity to fashion arrangements that meet the needs of their individual situations.

10/23/2020

Kate Sharkey was a featured speaker yesterday at the Women Lawyers Association of Michigan webinar on COVID-19 and gender equity, along Mara Kent from Nichols Sacks Slank Sendelbach & Buiteweg and Angela Walker of Blanchard & Walker. Kate specifically addressed gender equity within family law.

09/25/2020

Friends - we are hiring! Looking for someone that will be a long-term fit for our firm. Thanks for sharing with anyone you know looking.

Full-time administrative assistant/legal secretary position at small Ann Arbor, MI family law firm. Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Applicant needs strong computer skills (Word, Excel, Adobe, Zoom), strong inter-personal communication skills and must be a team player. Experience with Clio, lawpay and State court e-filing systems a plus. Responsibilities include answering incoming calls in a professional and friendly manner, running conflict checks, gathering information to schedule a consultation and sending out necessary intake forms, running client payments, following up on past due payments, scheduling appointments, managing inventory and ordering supplies, drafting documents, filing pleadings, arranging service, scanning and organizing electronic and hard files, preparing trial notebooks and exhibits, acting as a liaison for communications between law firms, accountants, the court, and other businesses, managing the office calendar, maintaining client contact information, opening electronic and hard files for clients and timely processing of mail. Other tasks as needed. Benefits include 401(k) upon vesting and vacation time. Please send cover letter, writing sample and resume to [email protected]. No phone calls.